Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- State University of New York at Buffalo. Music Library
- Abstract:
- A collection of calendars with music-themed artwork and text, mostly published in the United States and Germany.
- Extent:
- 11 boxes and 149 items
- Language:
- Collection material in English, German, French, and Italian
Background
- Scope and Content:
Most of the calendars in the collection feature reproductions of art and photographs that depict musical scenes, composers, performers, or instruments. Among the more well-represented topics in the collection are musical instruments, opera, jazz, and music manuscripts. Many calendars also include historical or biographical information, significant dates in musical history, and biographical or historical information about the creators of the artwork. In addition to reproductions of photographs and paintings, media represented include musical instruments, realia, sheet-music and album covers, and illuminated manuscripts and miniatures.
- Biographical / Historical:
The Music Library staff created this collection by a variety of means: solicitation, collation of calendars received with existng serial subscriptions, and donation of calendars from personal sources.
- Acquisition information:
- Music calendars acquired intermittently by the Music Library.
- Arrangement:
The collection is one series, arranged by size, then grouped by publisher and arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard ).
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